Man faces invasion of privacy counts

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Harpers Ferry, W.Va., man was charged Friday with placing a hidden camera in his bathroom so he could record his roommate getting ready to take showers, according to records filed in Berkeley County Magistrate Court.

One of the tapes contained 12 separate videos of Hubert nude in the bathroom, police said.

The images on that tape were recorded when Hubert lived with Gibson in a home on Paynes Ford Road, records state. Police said the videos started at the Berkeley County home in January 2003, then continued after Gibson and Hubert moved into a house together in Harpers Ferry.

Gibson was released on $5,000 bail, with a condition that he have no contact with Hubert, records state.

Conviction on a charge of criminal invasion of privacy carries a sentence of up to a year in jail and/or up to a $5,000 fine.